Medieval Historian Becomes President of Williams College
Francis C. Oakley, a medieval historian and member of the AHA, who has taught at Williams College for twenty-four years, was installed as president on October 6 of the I93- year-old liberal arts school.
Francis Oakley was born in Liverpool, England, and educated at Oxford University, Yale and the University of Toronto. He is the author of six books and has contributed to thirteen others. He succeeds John W. Chandler.
Faculty Exchange Program
To promote flexibility in employment and to help academic departments and institutions respond to changing, short-term needs, the Exxon Education Foundation has funded a National Faculty Exchange Program. Administered through Indiana University and Purdue University at Fort Wayne, the network links 130 organizations in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Institutions can become members, entitling them to send and receive faculty and academic administrators, by paying a fee.
The Exchange Program is intended to enrich academics’ careers by offering new teaching environments, varied teaching opportunities, interaction with new colleagues, and time off for re search. An exchange typically lasts for an academic year, though there is no set limit. Exchanges are by nature highly flexible, and may cover a teaching assignment, a consultancy, administrative duties, or any combination of these. Exchanges need not be reciprocal. For the institution, an exchange means that a short-term need, whether teaching or administrative, can be met without investing funds for the long-term. An exchange also brings to an institution, its faculty and students, new ideas, new courses, and, for those with little or no turnover, “new blood.”
History faculty interested in exchange opportunities should first contact their deans to learn if the institution is a network affiliate. For additional information, contact Bette Worley, National Faculty Exchange, 2101 Coliseum Boulevard East, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, (219) 482-5736.
